''Ceratias tentaculatus'', commonly known as the southern seadevil, is a species of sea devil, a type of

anglerfish The anglerfish are fish of the teleost order Lophiiformes (). They are bony fish named for their characteristic mode of predation, in which a modified luminescent fin ray (the esca or illicium) acts as a lure for other fish. The luminescence ...

. The fish is

bathydemersal Demersal fish, also known as groundfish, live and feed on or near the bottom of seas or lakes (the demersal zone).Walrond Carl . "Coastal fish - Fish of the open sea floor"Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated 2 March 2009 They occ ...

and can be found at depths ranging from . It is endemic to the Southern Hemisphere.

References

Ceratiidae Deep sea fish Fish described in 1930 Taxa named by John Roxborough Norman {{Lophiiformes-stub